Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1901. BEACH DREDGING.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 14 August 1901, Page 2

Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1901. BEACH DREDGING.

The starting of the North Beach dredge on the banks of Lake Ryan is an event of much importance to this part of the Island, as indeed it is to the colony at large, for upon its success as a “gold saver” much depends. So far as can be seen the machine is one of the best erected on the West Coast. Attention has been bestowed to the minutest details, Mr. Faithful being determined that it will be no fault of the engineers if success does not crown the efforts of the shareholders. Prospecting in the locality shows the presence of gold in payable quantities, and as far as can be seen the only question at issue is the capabilities of the tables to save the fine gold. That such gold can be saved is certain, but whether the tables now in use will prove sufficient remains to be seen. If not, doubtless engineering skill will come to, the rescue. It was with such an object in view that Messrs Guinness, Colvin and Petrie recently waited upon the Minister for Mines and asked Government to offer a bonus for a machine that jvould meet all requirements in this respect. By the offering of a bonus the attention of engineers and

others would be directed to the matter and an earlier solution arrived at, for we take it for granted that appliances of extracting the whole of the precious metal is well within range Should Lake Ryan dredge prove successful, it

will give gold mining on the Coast the greatest impetus it has ever received, for we have over 300 miles of a coast line, the greater part of which is “ payably auriferous ” if the sand can be treated in bulk.